Marine waves power plant



Dec. 5, 1944. H. KAPOLKIN MARINE WAVES POWER PLANT Filed Feb. 17, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 N fl'ermarz IN V EN TOR, KqpoZ/rzrz,

Dec. 5, 1944.

H. KAPOLKIN MARINE WAVES POWER PLANT Filed Feb. 17, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR, fierman Kapolkzn,

Patented Dec. 5, 194:4

UNITED STATES PATENT o FicEJ 2364535 MARINE. wAvEs rowmrnanr Herman. Kapolkin, New York, N. Y.

AipplicationaFebmaryl'l, 1944, Serial No. 522,748?

(Cl'l 115 -4) 11. Claims.

tiom, taken on line l'l-,, Fig: 2, illustrating the marine waives: power plant constituting the in? venti'on and; the mode. of'its; application in connection with the propulsion of'ships;

Fig. 2: is a, plan view of; the; marine vessel and power-planttherefor, shown in Fig. I.

Fig. 3. is an,elevational"view'ofmechanism utilized in connection. with the, invention.

Fig. 4 is-a plan view-of:the mechanism shown inFig. 3;

Fig. 5' is a longitudinal cross sectional' elevational view; illustrating amodiflcation of the invention.

In its applicability, to the, propulsion. of ships, the invention includes. a pair of marine vessels I; 2; jjoinecl' to each othenstern to bow, by means ofa hinge 3, as illustrated in. Figs. 1, 2, whereby each of the vessels is capable of heaving by the actionof' the marine, waves, upwardly and down wardly; independently of and relatively to each. other, about said hinge. The vessel" 2- isprovidedj at. its stem with a mast 4, which is inclined; as shown and" overhangs from. its stern 5; directly over and above the bow 6 and hull; l of the vessel I; Upon a platform. 8. within, the: vessel l. is erected mechanism. 9",,s-hown fully, in, Figs. 3;,4; comprising. abase, I02,Elgs,.3, 43.having posts ll. connectiedlby, a fixed. shaft l2 on.which..i's,.rotat;- ably mounted; a drum. l3." carrying a. bevel, gear M- At. eacliend" of. the, drum. I.3.I located. a sleeve; l5,.rotatably mounted on the shaft. L2. and carrying a ratchet l6, facing said" drum, anda. pain of cranks III, to which is pivoted at I8 a link f9, both links extending upwardly from the mechanism 9, Fig. 1, and being conjointly pivoted to the extremity of the mast 4, by means of a pin 20 and spacer 2|, Fig. 2. The gear 14 meshes with a bevel gear 22 fixed on a shaft 23 journaled in a post 24, which shaft carries a gear 25 that cated pawls 2 9, Fig; 4 for the ratchets. l6. Each;

pawl 2 9 is=held in place by a strapBOyand: is slidable-longitudihally in the notch 28, toward and away from: theratchetteeth l fia, being normally: impelled toward said teeth by-a spring 3 l ,.1ocated between both pawls and extending into bores. 29a. thereof.

Ashereirr shown, the drive shaft 21 constitutes the powershaft, Fig. 1 for-the propeller 32 ot the vessel I As the vessels I 2 are heavedby the action of" thewaves, about their joining hinge 3-, the mast 4 swaysaccordingly and thereby pushes the links 1*9 toward the mechanism 9 and correspondingly draws them away therefrom, which reciprocates thecranks IT to impart partial rotations" to theratchets IB- in opposite directions. When the rat'chets l6 rotate partiallyclockwise, as viewed in the drawings; they do notaifectthe drum l3, and: the teeth l6a= merely slide away the pawls 29 contrary" to-the pressure of? spring 3+, but whenthe ratchetsr I6 rotate backwardly the teeth I'Baengage the pawls 29 and thereby impart'partial rotationsto the drum l3 and bevel gear M in the same direction, which aggregate rotations produce continuous rotationof the gear H! in the direction of the arrow. This. rotation of the gear l4 isthereupon transmitted to a higher rotation of the power shaft 21 bythe intervening gears 22; 25, 2.6.v

The hull of the vessel 2; Figs. 1, 2, isprovided with a large tank 33 containing water, which becoming. agitated by the heaving of the; vessel produces waves thereof, as; shown, that" operate to increase the heaving ofv the vessel and the swaying; action, of the. mast 4, to add speed; to the operation. of. the mechanism 9; with speed and. power to the propeller shaft 21. the water waves, in tank; 33 also prolongs the heaving. of. the. vessel; 2" between. its. heaves producedby the marine Waves, thereby resulting in greater. continuity ofoperation ofthe. mechamsm- 9 andydriveshait, 21;,with higher efficiency of the propulsion.

Inthemodificatibn shownin Ei'g; .5.,.the inventionis. shown. as. applied. topurposes other than propelling ships, as for converting the energyoii marine, waves. through a power. plant, 34; for driving a shaft 35 situated on land, which shaft may in turn be used for driving dynamos or transmitting other kinds of power. In this power plant, at vessel 2 is secured by a hinge 3 to a. bulwark 36, beyond which is a crypt 31 having The. action of" erected at its bottom the operating mechanism 9, the links IQ of which extend therefrom to the extremity of the mast 4 that overhangs from the vessel 2 over and above the crypt 31. As the vessel 2 is heaved by the marine waves, about the hinge 3, the mast 4 is swayed correspondingly and through the mechanism 9 operates the drive shaft 35, in the above described manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A marine waves power plant having the combination of a first vessel carrying a drive shaft, a second vessel hinged to said first vessel and carrying a mast, a drum having a gear being rotatably mounted on said first vessel, a ratchet rotatably mounted at the end of saicldrum, a spring-pressed pawl slidable on said drum toward and away from said ratchet, a link connecting said mast with said ratchet, said mast actuating said link by the relative heaving of said vessels to oscillate said ratchet for actuating said pawl to rotate said drum, and means to transmit the rotation of said gear to said shaft.

2. A marine waves power plant having the combination of a first vessel carrying a drive shaft, a second vessel hinged to said first first vessel and carrying a mast, a drum having a gear being rotatably mounted on said first vessel, a rotatably mounted ratchet at each end of said drum, a spring-pressed pawl for each of said ratchets being slidable on said drum toward and away from the ratchet, a link for each of said ratchets connecting it with said mast, said mast actuating said links by the relative heaving of said first vessel-to oscillate said ratchets for actuating said pawls to rotate said drum, and means to transmit the rotation. of said. gear to said shaft.

3. A marine waves power plant having the combination of a vessel hinged to heave by the action of the waves carrying a mast, a drive shaft, a rotatably mounted drum carrying a gear, a rotatably mounted ratchet at the end of said drum,

a spring-pressed pawl slidable on said drum toward and away from said ratchet, a link connecting said mast with said ratchet, said mast actuating said link by the heaving of said vessel to oscillate said ratchet for actuating said pawl to rotate said drum, and means to transmit the rotation of said gear to said shaft.

4. A marine waves power plant having the combination of a vessel hinged to heave by the action of the waves 'carrying a mast, a drive shaft, a rotatably mounted drum carrying a gear, a rotatably mounted ratchet at each end of said drum, a spring-pressed pawl for each of said ratchets being slidable on said drum toward and away from the ratchet, a link for each of said ratchets connecting it with said mast, said mast actuating said links by the heaving of said vessel to oscillate said ratchets for actuating said pawls to rotate said drum, and means to transmit the rotation of said gear tosaid shaft.

5. A marine waves power plant having the combination of a first vessel carrying a drive shaft, a second vessel hinged to said first vessel carrying a mast, means to drive said shaft through the swaying of said mast resulting from the heaving of said vessels, and said second vessel including a water containing tank for accelerating the heaving and continuity of the heaving of said second vessel.

6. Amarine waves power plant having the combination of a first vessel carrying a drive shaft, 8. second vessel hinged to said first vessel carrying a mast, means to drive said shaft through the swaying of said mast resulting from the heaving of said vessels, and one of said vessels including a water containing tank for accelerating the heaving and continuity of heaving of said second vessel.

7. A marine waves power plant having the combination of a vessel hinged to heave by the action of the waves carrying a mast, a drive shaft, means to drive said shaft through the, swaying of said mast resulting from the heaving of said vessel, and said vessel including a water containing tank for accelerating the heaving and continuity of heaving of said vessel.

8. A marine waves power plant having the combination of a first vessel carrying a drive shaft, a second vessel hinged to said first vessel and carrying a mast, a drum having a gear being rotatably mounted on said first vessel, a ratchet rotatably mounted at the end of said drum, a spring-pressed pawl slidable on said drum toward and away from said ratchet, a link connecting said mast with said ratchet, said mast actuating said link by the relative heaving of said vessels to oscillate said ratchet for actuating said pawl to rotate said drum, means to transmit the rotation of said gear to said shaft, and said second vessel including a water containing tank for accelerating the heaving and continuity of heaving of said second vessel.

9. A marine waves power plant having the combination of a first vessel carrying a drive shaft, 3, second vessel hinged to said first vessel and carrying a mast, adrum having gear being rotatably mounted on said first vessel, means to rotate said drum through theswaying of said mast resulting from the relative heaving of said vessels, means to transmit the rotation of said gear to said shaft, and one of said vessels including a water containing tank for accelerating the heaving and continuity of heavying of the vessel.

10. A marine waves power plant having the combination of a first vessel carrying a drive shaft, a second vessel hinged to said first vessel and carrying a mast, a drum having a gear being rotatably mounted on said first vessel, a ratchet rotatably mounted at the end of said drum, a spring-pressed pawl slidable on said drum toward and away from said ratchet, a link connecting said mast with said ratchet, said mast actuating said link by the relative heaving of said vessels to oscillate said'ratchet for actuating said pawl to rotate said drum, means to transmit the rotation of said gear to said shaft, and said mast being adapted to overhang the hull of said first vessel beyond its bow.

11. A marine waves power plant having the combination of a first vessel carrying a drive shaft, 9, second vessel hinged to said first vessel and carrying a mast, a drum having a gear being rotatably mounted on said first vessel, means to rotate said drum through the swaying of the mast resulting from the relative heaving of the vessels, means to transmit the rotation of said gear to said shaft, and said mast being adapted to overhang. the hull of said first vessel beyond its bow.

HERMAN KAPOLKIN. 

